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In the wake of a recent incident with a BB gun at M. Clifford Miller Middle School, the Kingston City School District last week announced steps to not only improve security on campus, but to also ensure the lines of communication between school officials and the public are open.

Three Democrats have officially jumped into the race to replace County Executive Mike Hein, hoping to get an early lead in the process of wooing a few hundred town committee members who will select a candidate to run in a special election later this year. On the Republican side, one veteran elected official said that he’s weighing a run, in part because he’s alarmed by the lack of experience among the presumptive frontrunners.

A Kingston man, his 17-year-old son and a second teen have been indicted on murder and robbery charges stemming from a Dec. 1, 2018 incident that left 38-year-old Mark Lancaster dead of a gunshot wound. Meanwhile, sources say, one of the accused teens has made bail and is currently attending Kingston High School.

Alcohol is the number one date-rape drug, involved in roughly 50 percent of sexual assaults, according to American Addiction Centers, Inc. With that sobering statistic in mind, the county executive’s office is expanding its program to combat sex crimes in local communities by training bar and restaurant staff methods to spot it and then stop it in its tracks.

Already required in commercial buildings, the cost of adding sprinklers is now considered affordable enough to be mandated where people sleep. The village is considering requiring them in new construction and in rentals undergoing significant renovations.

If you’re looking for Old Navy, look a little further south. The retail clothing chain closed up shop in the Hudson Valley Mall last week, re-opening at Kings Mall in a space formerly occupied by Modell’s Sporting Goods, another retail chain.

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Already required in commercial buildings, the cost of adding sprinklers is now considered affordable enough to be mandated where people sleep. The village is considering requiring them in new construction and in rentals undergoing significant renovations.